[C]hildren introduce temptations as well as responsibilities into a household. One night while watching "Northern Exposure" after the children had gone to bed, Susan climbed on a chair and got the Halloween candy off the shelf.

"Don't you feel guilty," her husband asked, "eating their loot? After all, it was their holiday. They are the ones who walked up to the neighbors' doors with their little hands outstretched."

Susan unwrapped a Fun-Size Snickers. "They," she said, "would not be walking on this earth were it not for me. And they weigh one-fourth of what I weigh. They shouldn't have this candy. I'm just doing my job as a mother."

"Pass it over here," her husband said.

— Feast Here Awhile by Jo Brans (Page 184 - 185)